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Trump Still Banned by Facebook Despite Rumours of Return to Social Media

© AFP 2023 / OLIVIER DOULIERYIn this file photo illustration, a phone screen displays a picture of former US President Donald Trump on a Facebook website background, on May 4, 2021, in Arlington, Virginia. - Facebook's independent oversight board on May 5, 2021 upheld the platform's ban on former US president Donald Trump but called for a further review of the penalty within six months. The board, whose decisions are binding on the leading social network, said Trump "created an environment where a serious risk of violence was possible" with his comments regarding the January 6 rampage by his supporters at the US Capitol.
In this file photo illustration, a phone screen displays a picture of former US President Donald Trump on a Facebook website background, on May 4, 2021, in Arlington, Virginia. - Facebook's independent oversight board on May 5, 2021 upheld the platform's ban on former US president Donald Trump but called for a further review of the penalty within six months. The board, whose decisions are binding on the leading social network, said Trump created an environment where a serious risk of violence was possible with his comments regarding the January 6 rampage by his supporters at the US Capitol. - Sputnik International, 1920, 03.06.2021
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Donald Trump was also banned by Twitter after the 6 January events at the US Capitol.

Former US President Donald Trump is still banned by Facebook and Instagram, Facebook said after a wave of rumours that Trump was back on the platform.

“Nothing about the status of President Trump’s presence on our platform has changed. He remains indefinitely suspended”, Facebook's policy communications director Andy Stone tweeted.

Over the last couple of days, journalists have been reporting that Trump’s Facebook and Instagram pages appeared to be live again, showing Trump’s last posts dated 6 January.

The rumours came after a Facebook oversight board last month reviewed Trump’s indefinite ban and concluded that the social media platform didn’t have an actual policy in place for the issue to be reviewed, setting a deadline of six months to make one. The board also maintained the ban for the time being.

In this photo illustration, a phone screen displays a Facebook logo with the official portrait of former US President Donald Trump on the background, on May 4, 2021, in Arlington, Virginia. - Facebook's independent oversight board was set for a momentous decision on the platform's ban of former US president Donald Trump, as debate swirls on the role of social media in curbing hateful and abusive speech while controlling political discourse. - Sputnik International, 1920, 06.05.2021
Facebook Oversight Board's Decision on Trump Ban Stirs Bipartisan Outcry in Washington
Major social media platforms suspended ex-President Donald Trump’s accounts for "incitement of violence” following the Capitol riots.

After the 6 January "Stop the Steal" rally in Washington in his support, which morphed into a riot that saw dozens breaking into the Capitol building, leaving five people dead, Trump was accused of "inciting an insurrection" and impeached by the US House of Representatives.

He was later acquitted by the US Senate. The 45th US president, who called on supporters to oppose Joe Biden's certification "peacefully" during the rally, denied any responsibility for the protests, saying that what he said was "totally appropriate".

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